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Dan Williams

Israel sees Holocaust tropes in COVID protests fuelling anti-Semitism

FILE PHOTO: Protesters attend a left wing May Day demonstration, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Leipzig, Germany, May 1, 2021. The placard reads "Nazis out!". REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/File Photo

Protesters against COVID-19 measures who liken themselves to Jews under Nazi persecution are stoking global anti-Semitism, the Israeli government said in a report marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Such Holocaust tropes have become "widespread" and, along with violent demonstrations linked to Israel's May war in Gaza, were main factors behind physical or online attacks on Jews in Europe and North America last year, said the 152-page report by the Diaspora Affairs Ministry.

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